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European Day of the ecological network "Natura 2000

Today we celebrate the European Day of the Natura 2000 ecological network. It is the most ambitious initiative ever undertaken to preserve Europe's rich natural heritage. Rila Monastery Nature Park falls within the boundaries of the protected area "- Natura 2000" place - BG0000496 "Rila Monastery", designated for the protection of natural habitats and wild flora and fauna, and wild birds. In 2019 and 2020, 8 decares of natural habitat were restored 6430 Hydrophilic...

Biodiversity Day in the Kindergarten

Today, experts from the Rila Monastery Nature Park visited kindergarten  "Alen Mak"  in Kocherinovo, where they introduced to the young nature lovers the importance of biological diversity and how important it is for people. With entertaining and educational games the children from the group "Mickey Mouse" and "Sun" from the town of Kocherinovo, as well as the children from the group "Joy" from the village of Barakovo (branch of kindergarden "Alen Mak" - Kocherinovo) learned...

Fritillaria gussichiae in Rila Monastery Nature Park

Walking along the mountain paths of the Rila Monastery Nature Park, it is possible to see a beautiful flower that looks very much like a tulip, but it is not a tulip. This is a Fritillaria gussichiae. The flowers of the Fritillaria gussichiae are very similar to the tulip, but they hang down. It is one of the earliest blooming beautiful forest flowers. Spring Easter, forest pine, cornflower, and others also bloom with it. In Bulgaria, it is also found in the Struma Valley,...

World Climate Change Day

Today (May 15) we celebrate World Climate Change Day. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to life on our planet. The use of coal, oil, gas, intensive agriculture, deforestation, and many other human activities increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. This raises the Earth's temperature, leading to melting polar ice, rising ocean levels, flooding of highly populated lowlands, and the extinction of hundreds of thousands of species that regulate the...